Question 227001
If Bryan buys the candy canes 4 for 50 cents, first figure out what he pays a piece per candy cane by dividing 50 cents by 4. {{{0.50/4=12.5}}} This gives you 12.5 cents and that's how much he pays per cane.


Now figure out how much he sells each cane for by dividing 50 cents by 3 since thats how he sells them. {{{0.50/3=16.5}}} This gives you 16.5 cents.


So his profit from each cane can be figured by subtracting how much he buys one for by how much he sells one for: {{{16.5-12.5=4}}} So he makes a profit of 4 cents on each candy cane. Since Bryan needs to make a total profit of $5, you can take 5 divided by his profit amount of 4 cents: {{{5/0.04=125}}} Therefore Bryan must sell 125 candy canes to make a profit of $5.